Kearse allegedly told a state trooper he had four drinks at a Hennepin Avenue bar, and he keeps a semiautomatic gun for protection.
Vikings defensive back Jayron Kearse was pulled over while driving drunk had in the car with him a semiautomatic handgun loaded with more than two dozen rounds and another in the chamber laying on the floor, according to charges filed Tuesday.
Kearse, 25, was charged in Hennepin County District Court with carrying a gun without a permit, a gross misdemeanor, and four misdemeanor counts: possessing a gun while under the influence of alcohol, two counts of drunken driving, and careless driving in connection with him being stopped on Interstate 94 in Minneapolis over the weekend after a state trooper spotted him going around a construction barrier.